Monroe v. State

Pope, Judge.

Cecil Ray Monroe was tried before a jury and convicted of rape and burglary. He was sentenced to serve twenty years on the rape conviction and twenty years on the burglary conviction with the sentences to run concurrently. He now appeals.

1. Monroe raises the general grounds. The evidence against Monroe was mainly circumstantial and showed that Monroe was living with his brother and sister-in-law in a trailer next door to that of the victim. The victim came home from work at approximately 3:00 a.m.; as she entered her trailer, she was accosted by a black male who had a knife. The…